Introvert (Taekook) ✓

Chapter 65

"Pardon?" Taehyung was kind of, expecting that so he leaned closer and made Jungkook move back in recoil.

"I. Love. You." Taehyung smiled at Jungkook's shook face as he waited for him to answer. Jungkook stared at him with mixed emotions running through his mind as he tried to believe that it was really happening the way he thought it was.

"I.. I don't.. Know.. What to say." Jungkook stuttered out as he tried to put his words together, his eyes fixed on the ground next to his knee. It was more than just surprising for him. He was shaken to the core. Taehyung had actually said what Jungkook only mocked himself about that he would never hear. He couldn't understand why everything with Taehyung involved in it, had to be so sudden and super fast that he would never get any chance to respond.

He still couldn't grip the idea that the same guy whom he had been running away from, the same guy whom he thought was someone else's, the same guy whom he thought he could never have; was telling him that he loved Jungkook. It was too fast and too unrealistic for the younger to digest and he had no idea what he was supposed to say or do. He was blank up in the top and the amount of emotions flooding through him was beyond explainable. There was a tsunami going on inside him and he thought he was about to pass out because of the sudden pressure on his mind and heart.

Jungkook was starting to breathe a little raggedly and his face was turning red as the words repeated over and over in his mind like a broken recorder. With each repeat the heat rising to his face increased and he felt he would explode soon. Taehyung was in his reach. Taehyung was giving himself to Jungkook. It was so much more than Jungkook could have only wished and now that he had it in his hands, the happiness was rising above the other emotions much quicker than before.

"How about you say it back?" Taehyung's smile widened at Jungkook's face that was reddening as the gravity of situation dawned on him, slowly. Jungkook was still silent as he tried to keep his bubbling happiness in control but he was about to fail, miserably. He just wanted to jump Taehyung and hug him until he crushed him. He was that happy.

Taehyung loved him. He said that himself. Everything that made them go further and further away was now all in the past. Taehyung was here. Jungkook was here. And every other unnecessary thing had evaporated from between them.

"Why won't you say it?" Taehyung had waited long enough but Jungkook was still spaced out and now he was getting impatient. He had put so much strain on his brain, heart and body in the past few days, actually weeks, that when he finally saw the end of it, Taehyung couldn't wait any longer to reach and cross the finish line.

Jungkook lifted his eyes and saw a pouting Taehyung. He just kept looking at him unable to decide what should he do. Taehyung was looking like an angel to him, now. He wanted to kiss him, hug him, tickle him, punch him and much more. It was so surreal that he kept going back and forth with himself which one he should pick. Although, he wanted to do a lot of things out of happiness but he chose 'teasing Taehyung' from among them as he put on a fake bored face and addressed the impatient boy.

"Why should I?" Taehyung widened his eyes at the unbelievable change in Jungkook's answer from what he had expected. Of all the things Jungkook could have said, this was not what Taehyung was ready for. He recollected his thoughts as he stared back at Jungkook with a puzzled look.

"Because.. You love me, too?" Jungkook tilted his head to a side as he looked at Taehyung with knitted eye brows. He was loving every moment right now. This was so cute, right now- Taehyung was so cute, right now that Jungkook had to use all his strength to hold himself back.

"What made you think that?" Taehyung pulled himself back in shock and finally, Jungkook straightened his back, which he didn't notice was laid back until now.

Taehyung was just blinking at Jungkook's face wondering if he had done some miscalculation somewhere while Jungkook was biting his cheek to stop himself from laughing at Taehyung. The older was really giving it a second thought, even after doing all that effort in the past few days and chasing after Jungkook time and again. And this level of idiocy was just too amusing for Jungkook but he kept the poker face on, to confuse Taehyung further. It was too much fun to toy with Taehyung's small brain and he could understand, now, why Jimin always started childish fights with him. It was like a black whole that would keep sucking the person against Taehyung, in.

"Wait.. I don't get it. I was sure that-" Jungkook was about to burst but he tried to hang on a little longer to see how long it would take for his stupid crush to realize the truth.

"That what?" Jungkook's toes were curling in his shoes and his hands were fisted.

"You're joking. You've got to be." Taehyung was doubting his judgement more than he was doubting Jungkook, now, since his words seemed to be more for himself than for Jungkook.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, Tae." Now, he was frustrated as his eyes squinted at Jungkook's impassive ones. This wasn't how he thought it would work out. It was all going in the wrong direction.

"I swear I'll take you right here right now if you don't stop confusing me." Jungkook's face turned bright red and his eyes shot open as wide as possible at the sudden strong threat. When Taehyung leaned forward to study Jungkook's eyes, the younger took that as Taehyung's attempt at actually doing what he just said and before Taehyung even blinked Jungkook closed his eyes shut tightly as he squeaked out.
"I was joking! I was joking!"

Taehyung stopped for second before realizing what Jungkook had just thought and a smirk appeared on his perfect face.

"You little- I almost fell for that." Taehyung said in a low husky whisper as he stared at Jungkook like a predator before moving ever so slowly forward on his hands making Jungkook lean further back in defense.

"You.. You aren't.. Seriously going.. To do it, are you?" Jungkook tried to talk properly as he was now completely on the ground with Taehyung hovering on top of him looking down with flaring eyes.

"What do you think?" Taehyung leaned down and stopped mere inches away from Jungkook's face such that his breath tickled Jungkook's lips.

"I.. I.." Jungkook gulped to wet his dry throat because he couldn't speak with Taehyung on top of him since his eyes were glazed on the older's lips that were just begging to be touched. When Taehyung started to lean down again, Jungkook's heart started beating twice it's normal speed as he closed his eyes and waited for what he was expecting. It was a little too fast for Jungkook to directly jump into intimacy and if he was in a position to think rationally, he would have tried to reason with Taehyung to take it slow but right now he wasn't able to think straight with muddled thoughts racing in his mind. All he could think was what was Taehyung going to do?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~